Photograph of Rosa Ponselle on her 81st birthday with Romano Romani (Junior), Kira Baklanova, Lili Chookasian, Bette Hankin, Phyllis Frankil, and Licia Albanese. Photograph by William H. Mortimer. Reverse includes short clipping about her birthday…
Brochure for Rosa Ponselle in Carmen with the Met in Baltimore, April 4, 1936. brochures for April 2 - 4, 1936 productions. Cast includes Burke, Votipka, Oelheim, Maison, Pinza, Bada and is conducted by Hasselmans.
Program for Rosa Ponselle in La Traviata with the Met in Baltimore, April 18, 1931. Autographed by Rosa Ponselle and Lawrence Tibbett. Cast includes Egener, Falco, Lauri-Volpi, Tibbett, Bada, conducted by Serafin. Note about Met in Baltimore. And…
A replica of a wallet fashioned out of tin containing “Freedom Papers.”
It belonged to Joseph Trammell, a free Black man who lived in the state of Virginia in 1852. Trammel’s papers guarded him against becoming someone’s property but did not…